Instant field knife



July 11, 1944. A, J. GQTHRIE 2,353,557

INSTANT FIELD KNIFE Filed Feb. 1, 1944 I N VEN TOR@j/W/[l/[flMI/IIIIIIIII/ILV/IIIIIIIIIIIII/IIII/II A 7701?! r. V

Patented July 11, 1944 omren STATES PATENT OFFICE msrAni i iii rii)KNIFE Andrew J. Guthrie, St. Albans, W. Va.

Claims.

This invention has reference to what the inventor terms an instant fieldknife, intended to be attached to the hand of a service man, although itmay find utility in other activities.

An object of the invention is to produce a device of the characterindicated, having means by which it is attached to an object secured onthe hand of the user and, in the embodiment illus-' trated, it has meansfor attachment to a hand covering such as a glove, and preferablylocated on the back of the glove in convenient position for immediateuse and where it will not interfere with the free manipulation of thehand when performing the usual duties of the service man. The knife isof such character that it may be employed in any of the activities forwhich a knife is used and furthermore, it will serve as a dagger when incombat.

An object of the invention therefore is to provide a hand covering suchas a glove or gauntlet, on which the knife is securely mounted, it beingobvious that those portions of the glove or gaunt"- let between thefingers will serve to restrain the rearward thrust of the hand coveringwhen the knife is used as a dagger.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means whereby theknife is firmly anchored on the hand covering; further means beingprovided for holding the hand covering in place through the use of meansconnecting the hand covering to the wrist or arm of the user.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich:

Figure 1 illustrates a top plan view of a glove with the knifeassociated therewith;

Figure 2 illustrates a view of the edge of the glove and the knifeinstalled;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan view of the knife and the body of which itis a part;

Figure 6 illustrates a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Figure '7 illustrates a sectional view on the line 11 of Fig. 5; and

Figure 8 illustrates a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

The hand covering or glove 9 may be of any particular material andconventional in type, on the upper surface of which the knife body orplate I!) is installed, the knife ll being preferably integral with theplate at the base of the knife, and the blade may be of any appropriateor desired shape. The plate or base Ii] of the knife is held on the handcovering or glove by means of a facing strip l2, stitched or otherwisesecured to the glove at the seam 13, it being shown that the front endof the facing strip is cut away, as at l4, tothe general configurationof the inner end of the knife where it is attached to or made a part ofthe said plate. The facing strip may be of leather or other strongmaterial such as canvas, and the inventor does not wish to be limitedwith respect to this detail.

A fastening such as a strap I5 is provided and it may embrace the'wristportion of the glove, and the said strap is provided with a fastening I6, such as a buckle or the like, and the facing strip may have a loop orguide I! in which th strap is adjustable.

In Figure 2 the hand covering is shown associated with a hand, in whichthe fingers are closed so that the knife may have full effect when it isplunged forward by the arm of the wearer and, aside from the knife beingused for cutting objects which are usually subjected to the action ofknives or the like by those who use them, the blade will prove effectiveas an offensive weapon or dagger,

The one-piece structure of the base and knife blade enables themanufacture of the same by simple stamping and pressing processes sothat it is believed it can be produced comparatively inexpensively.

I claim:

1. In a field knife, the combination with a glove, a blade having abase, said base being anchored to the back of the glove with the bladeprojecting approximately parallel with the outstretched fingers of theglove.

2. In a field knife, the combination with a hand covering having meansfor securing it to the user, a blade having a plate-like base fitting onthe back of the hand covering with the blade projecting forwardlyparallel with the fingers of the user when outstretched, and means forsecuring the blade to the said hand covering.

3. In a field knife, the combination with a the glove, the said facingstrip having its edges secured to the glove at the edges of" the saidplate.

5. In a field knife, the combination with a glove, a blade having a baseplate, a facing strip covering the base plate for holding the knife onthe glove, the said facing strip having its edges secured to the gloveat the edges of the said plate, and the said facing strip having acutaway portion in its forward edge forming a clearance for 10 the bladeat its junction with the base plate.

ANDREW J. GUTHRIE.

